ISSN:
1432-0630
Keywords:
PACS: 68.55.-a
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
Abstract. A new development of the pulsed laser ablation (PLA) technique based on variable azimuth ablation (VAA) is reported. The VAA itself is based on periodic variations of the azimuth of the laser beam relative to the target at a constant angle of beam incidence. Such variations result in a suppression of cone–valley surface structures which tend to develop in the case of a fixed azimuth. VAA leads to high-level stabilization of the laser plume during a long-term deposition process. As a result, the VAA method stabilizes the deposition rate with a tolerance of only 3–6% instead of a 90% decrease in the rate as in conventional PLA. Different possibilities for the realization of the VAA technique based on 2- and 3-way target scans are discussed. In the case of large areas, VAA technique with a meander beam target scan is capable of the deposition of high-quality multicompositional superconducting films on tubes and tapes more than 1 m in length.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003390051430
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